Supan makes top 10 overrated list.

[Nowak008]

Back when Suppan was just a dependable back-of-the-rotation arm on a team like the Cardinals, he was probably underrated. But nothing can mess with a guy's underratedness like (a) a big postseason series against a team from New York; and (b) a hefty free-agent contract from a team that doesn't exactly hand those deals out like bobbleheads.

So poof. Here he is, on the overrated list -- though just barely. It's never fun to throw a wonderful guy like Jeff Suppan into a list like this. But that NLCS MVP award and those dollar signs (all 42 million of them) have painted an exaggerated portrait of what he really is.

He has never had a season in which he gave up fewer hits than innings pitched. His career strikeout rate is just 5.04 per nine innings. And, in fact, the only other active pitcher who has made 150 starts, has a career strikeout ratio lower than Suppan's, and has a higher WHIP and opponents' batting average than Suppan is (holy, schmoly) Josh Fogg.

In other words, put this guy on a team that catches all those balls he puts in play and scores plenty of runs, and his inning-eating dependability looks like a good thing. Put him on a team like the ones Fogg has pitched for, and he suddenly looks pretty ordinary. So we'll give Suppan credit for picking the right teams to work for. Unfortunately, it's just not enough credit to keep him off our All-Overrated Team.

[goirish2107]

saw that...guess for now you can't argue completely, but i wouldn't have put him there. surprising that he never had less hits than innings pitched. that wouldn't be good. my guess though is this is a team he can do well on, and once he's in the playoffs he's lights out. at the end of the year he's not on this list.

[Ayt]

I guess he's overrated if you consider him more than a solid #3.

One thing to keep in mind is that he's been much better in the NL. He had some extremely high ERA years in the AL, but that hasn't been the case in the NL. Here are his ERA's by year in the NL:

2003: 3.57
2004: 4.16
2005: 3.57
2006: 4.12
2007: 3.49 so far

He's had great success (high five!!!) in the NL compared to the AL. He's easily a solid #3.